"For the first time, in riveting and eloquent detail, Jaime Manrique describes the final days of his mentors, Manuel Puig and Reinaldo Arenas, both of whom died in tragic circumstances due to AIDS. Manrique also reveals Federico Garcia Lorca's...
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"For the first time, in riveting and eloquent detail, Jaime Manrique describes the final days of his mentors, Manuel Puig and Reinaldo Arenas, both of whom died in tragic circumstances due to AIDS. Manrique also reveals Federico Garcia Lorca's struggle with homophobia and that poet's relationship with an American boyfriend."--Jacket
"For the first time, in riveting and eloquent detail, Jaime Manrique describes the final days of his mentors, Manuel Puig and Reinaldo Arenas, both of whom died in tragic circumstances due to AIDS. Manrique also reveals Federico Garcia Lorca's struggle with homophobia and that poet's relationship with an American boyfriend."--Jacket
Cover13; -- Contents13; -- Acknowledgments13; -- 1. Legs: A Memoir of Childhood and Adolescence13; -- 2. Manuel Puig: The Writer as Diva13; -- 3. The Last Days of Reinaldo Arenas: A Sadness as Deep as the Sea13; -- 4. Federico Garcia Lorca and Internalized Homophobia13; -- 5. The Other Jaime Manrique: A Dead Soul13; -- 6. Nowadays13; -- Source Information13